The Prince’s Unwilling mate

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“Is Sam okay? I worry for him” To my relief Eliza, one of the middle- aged women in the pack was the one that stopped me. She was a widower like Sam.

With how she asked me if Sam was okay I wondered if there was more to it. Sometimes two wolves who both lost their mates fall in love. I don’t know if I could ever love someone knowing they would never love me like they loved their mate. Then again if Griffin would die young, I would never be able to love anyone as much as I loved him. Maybe it would work out, it didn’t matter anyway. Even if Eliza liked Sam as something more than a friend, it was not up to me. I wasn’t about to meddle in their lives. And I wasn’t about to tell her what it was exactly that Sam told me either.

“I think the situation with Cynthia hurts him, and he could use a friend,” I tell her because everyone knew about the situation with Cynthia and how much it hurt him.

Eliza quickly made her way over to Sam, no longer interested in speaking with me. Which was fine by me, I was looking for Griffin anyway. It was not like him to disappear out of my sight during a pack party. It was not that I was worried, I just missed him, and I wanted to get some cotton candy with him. As I was looking for him two hands covered my eyes.

“Guess who?” This time I recognized the voice, the scent, and even the hands on my face felt familiar enough for me to know who this was.

“I would say the most perfect mate there ever was, but if that were the case you would have brought me cotton candy” I joked as I turned around to face Griffin.

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Who grabbed his chest in mock hurt, as if my words cut him deep. I knew him well enough by now. His eyes were sparkling with love and mischief. I loved how we evolved from the beginning, riddled with insecurities from both of us. To the point where we could just joke around and tease each other like this.

“Let me redeem myself and get you some cotton candy then.” I was surprised to see Griffin turning on his heels the moment he promised tò get me cotton candy.

Until he hoisted me on his back giving me a piggyback ride to the cotton candy stand. I couldn’t stop giggling not even when at least half the pack was staring at us: Most seemed amused though. Unlike at the Blood Moon pack, we as pack rulers didn’t have to keep up with a ton of stupid rules here. We didn’t have to be seen as the serious, strong elegant ones. Here at the Silver Moon pack we were more than the future Alpha and Luna we were a young, newly mated couple too, we could be a daughter and son. A sister, a friend and it was one of the things I loved most about our pack.

Since we could not allow humans on pack grounds, especially not during one of our parties. We had hired some pack members to man the booths. All seemed happy to do so and they still seemed to enjoy the party. Isabella and I had set it up so that everyone worked one–hour shifts, so they could all get to just enjoy the party without working too. Chris had just started his shift. He chuckled as he saw us arrive and when Griff wouldn’t let go of me he just handed me the cotton candy as I was still clinging to Griffin.

“I’m so glad, you and mom hired pack members to work the booths. It is nice we can just be ourselves” Griffin mentioned as he finally put me back on solid ground again.

It made me think about his gamer friends and their not–so–subtle hints they had not been invited to our wedding yet. And how they would love to be a part of it. Even without fully knowing what was going on

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even without knowing what had happened to me they had been so kind and supportive. That I felt like we could truly consider them friends. But to be absolutely certain we needed to meet all of them first.

“Baby, talking about humans now everything has settled down don’t you think it is time to meet the rest of the gamer guys?” I asked Griffin because it felt like now was the ideal time.

Griffin could just go on his own so I could keep up with my education. All partners would only come over for the last day of the weekend they had been planning. I wasn’t far along in the pregnancy so it wasn’t like I needed a lot of help yet. And if I would be further along in the pregnancy my hormones would only make me miss him more to the point where it would be almost unbearable. So all in all this seemed like the best time to do so.

“I think you’re right but I can always ask them if you can come along for the entire weekend if you want to. I am sure we can make it fit into the tour schedule” Griffin agreed with me, and I knew he didn’t like leaving me behind either.

Wolves hardly ever plan to meet up with someone without their mate for more than a day because we would miss each other so much. For most humans, this constant need to be together is weird, unhealthy even and it makes being friends who do not know what we are harder. Even the ones that know about werewolves do not fully understand. In the end, Griffin agrees with me it would be better if we stuck to the original plan the guys made. Back when Griffin was scared he would have to be with a chosen mate. With a chosen mate it wouldn’t be that hard to be away from her for a few days.

This time we felt like we had to stay until the party started to dwindle down. It would look bad if the future King and Queen would always leave parties early to retreat to their own chambers. People could interpret it as us not wanting to spend time with the pack. Even if that wasn’t the case I just managed to find the most introverted pack ruler

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in the history of werewolves. For now, this situation with Cynthia did not harm our reputation but all four of us were very aware of how bad this could turn out to be. She wasn’t a real threat in terms of her

actually hurting me, she had been far too smart. Everything she did was calculated to make sure none of it was enough to be punished. She would make sure there were not a lot of witnesses if any. And it gave her the possibility to twist what happened to make me look bad. It would suit her plan to get rid of me, even if I wasn’t going anywhere. David, Hannah, and Jason had tried to keep me from Griffin. They had tried to break us up before we marked each other and they had been unsuccessful. So there was nothing a silly girl like Cynthia could really do, we just didn’t want to give her the opportunity to cause more drama.

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course, he pitied her for being more lonely than a wolf should be. But she brought it upon herself, and everyone seemed to understand so. Everyone but Ayla, who had always tried to see the best in others, even- now with Cynthia. She didn’t say it out loud but I was sure she pitied her too. It would explain why she almost seemed happy with the fact that Cynthia said to had found a human friend.

I wanted to be happy about it too but the fact was that I didn’t think Cynthia needed to have a friend who didn’t know how special the mate bond was. She didn’t need to spend hours and hours on end of pack ground. In the end, I had no say in the matter, and Ayla would only feel bad if she knew how

worried I was. It would just stress her out and that’s not good for her or our unborn pup. Therapy already was taking a lot out of her, so there was no way I would place this extra burden on her. If I ever found even the smallest sliver of proof that I could be right about my theories. If I had a lead that something was going on, something that might risk Ayla. I would always let her know right away, I didn’t want to stress her. But there was no way I was going to flat–out lie to her. Or keep her so in the dark it might be the thing to hurt her in the end.

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I woke up from a nap, Ayla had told me she wanted to give me something to remember me by on my trip. She just planned to give me a kiss, but when she pressed her body against me, grabbing my collar with both hands I was lost. From the moment her lips touched mine, I was desperate to feel more of her. We had woken up early, and I planned on doing a little more work before I left. I would be able to do it in the private jet too. It was just that I loved it when I had nothing to do on my flight. Nothing other than using my old–school Gameboy or just napping. Two hours ago as Ayla pressed her body closer to me my workload was long forgotten. Because we had gotten up so early she had only put on her robe, nothing underneath it. As I tried to lift her up, wrapping her arms around my waist, all so that I could wrap her

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arms around my waist. My hands cupped her ass and that’s when I felt she hadn’t put anything on underneath the robe.

She moaned as I squeezed her ass, and that’s why I decided I need to give her a goodbye she would remember. Massaging her ass I carried her over to the bed and laid her down on it. I rushed out of the clothes I put on and pushed her legs up, as I kneeled in front of her lining myself up to her entrance. She was already wet and ready for me. But I needed her beyond ready. I wanted her to be delirious with longing for me again. So as I pushed her legs up with my left hand, I used my erection to rub up against her. Never penetrating her, just enough to make her try to buck her hips. Which she couldn’t with the way I was holding her hands.

“Fuck, Baby I need you, just fuck me already” Ayla wasn’t one to curse, so to hear her curse now with how much she wanted me. I couldn’t hold back anymore.

I finally pushed inside of her, her loud moans filled the room. And we lost ourselves in each other. The last thing I remember was cuddling up afterward. Now I was startled awake, it meant I had to work on the jet but it was worth it. Not just the fact that we just had mind–blowing sex again. It was just the fact that because of it I prioritized spending my time with Ayla and not working. It made me think I needed to change my priorities now. I was a mate now, and about to become a father. In less than five years I would take over the pack and the country. Life would be busier than ever, and I needed to be sure I would still be able to spend time with my family. I never was going to be the lax mate or the absent father. My family would always come first and they would know it too. I can already hear Mom and Dad’s reaction when I am going to tell them of the plans I need to implement but I do not care. Whatever they will say this is what I need to do for my family. I will tell them first thing when I am back because I need to get dressed again, wake my sleeping mate to kiss her goodbye, and then rush to the airport to make the jet. It might be my private jet but I

couldn’t just delay the take of time because this flight is timed with the traffic tower. And waiting for another flight schedule would take hours making me far too late to meet the others.